{"id":191,"date":"2026-02-13T21:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sampomeklin.com\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2026-02-14T00:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:37:50","slug":"aboutme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sampomeklin.com\/en\/aboutme\/","title":{"rendered":"Who I am"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-87f33bc1 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-2fc5bdde alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-13eddb8c\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7d0d3654 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-08e2cdc5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-highlight-color has-text-color has-link-color has-open-sans-font-family wp-elements-aece0be824710fef6e24449a09011d82\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Experienced IT project and service manager<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-highlight-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-highlight-background-color has-background wp-container-content-962be591\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-montserrat-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">Sampo Meklin<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-7fa65e67\"><p class=\"uagb-heading-text\">I bring over 15 years of experience in leading diverse IT projects, ranging from small local initiatives to large-scale international programs \u2014 and everything in between. <\/p><div class=\"uagb-separator\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-55e48f27\"><p class=\"uagb-heading-text\">The projects have spanned multiple business domains, including telecommunications networks, mobile devices, Windows applications, healthcare systems, and cloud services. 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